UTM Minimum System Requirements

UTM Solutions - Minimum System Requirements

Astaro
Pentium III 900 MHz or compatible CPU
512 MB RAM
10 GB SCSI/IDE HD
Bootable CD-ROM SCSI/IDE
3 PCI-NICs (Internet, Local Net, Demilitarized Zone)

Comixwall
AMD64 or better CPU
512 MB RAM
Drive space unknown
Bootable CD-ROM

Endian
Pentium 500MHz or compatible CPU
256MB RAM
4 GB SCSI/IDE HD
CDROM An IDE, SCSI or USB CDROM drive is required for installation

Untangle
Pentium 800MHz or compatible CPU
512 MB RAM
2 NICs 3 for DMZ
CDROM drive is required for installation

Based on these minimum requirements, it looks like a UTM solution would require a separate system. Out of these, Endian looked the best due to its size and system requirements. Comixwall, the only BSD based UTM solution, also looks good, but the support community is not as well organized as with the other solutions.

I plan to start to looking at other security solutions soon, but I have already been able to eliminate one of them from contention:

Censornet - I eliminated it because it is primarily an open source Internet Web Filtering & Management solution, lacking many of the features of other security solutions under evaluation.